Spark salary: $216K median
From 179 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$216Kmedian advertised salary
$204K – $260Kmiddle half of roles
$234Kaverage advertised salary
179roles counted
Spark salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $246K, 14% more than senior roles ($216K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $216K | $212K–$216K | 89 |
| Lead and above | $246K | $226K–$275K | 32 |
| No level in title | $216K | $184K–$323K | 58 |
Spark salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $226K | 56 |
| 🇺🇸California | $226K | 68 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $216K | 175 |
| 🇺🇸New York | $216K | 19 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle | $216K | 17 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $216K | 17 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Databricks | $216K | 122 |
| Socure | $168K | 9 |
| Samsara | $152K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Spark roles
All Spark jobs- Pre-training Data Infrastructure EngineerAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$500K - $850KRustPythonMachine Learning
- Enterprise Account Executive - RetailDatabricks · 🇺🇸Remote - Texas$312K - $428KRemoteSpark
- Strategic Core Account Executive - RetailDatabricks · 🇺🇸Remote - Ohio$312K - $428KRemoteSpark
- Principal Software Engineer, Creator AnalyticsRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$345K - $399KLeadGoPythonJava
- Principal Software Engineer, Tech LeadToast · 🇺🇸Remote, US$180K - $368KRemoteLeadReactJavaKotlin
- Staff Software Engineer, Batch Processing PlatformPinterest · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA, US; Remote, US$177K - $365KRemoteLeadPythonJavaSQL
- Staff AI/ML EngineerChime · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, USA$246K - $340KLeadPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Staff Data Infrastructure EngineerFaire · 🇺🇸New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA$246K - $339KLeadPythonJavaKotlin
- Staff Data Scientist, ForecastingPinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US$165K - $339KRemoteLeadPythonSQLSpark
- Security Engineer - Network Edge SecurityBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$185K - $327KPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Staff Engineer, Machine Learning & Data InfrastructureOKX · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$215K - $322KLeadGoPythonJava
- Staff Machine Learning Systems EngineerReddit · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$230K - $322KRemoteLeadPythonTerraformGCP
- Senior Data ScientistZoox · 🇺🇸Boston, MA$225K - $307KSeniorPythonSQLScala
- Senior Machine Learning Systems EngineerReddit · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$217K - $303KRemoteSeniorPythonTerraformGCP
- Head of Data Science, Identity GraphSocure · 🇺🇸Hybrid - San Francisco, CA$250K - $300KLeadPythonMachine LearningPyTorch
- Head of Data Science, Compliance ProductsSocure · 🇺🇸Hub - San Francisco$250K - $300KLeadPythonMachine LearningPyTorch
- Senior Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure ComputeRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$243K - $295KSeniorGoPythonJava
- AI/ML EngineerChime · 🇺🇸Chicago, IL, USA; New York, NY, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA$125K - $292KPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Senior Software Engineer, ML InfrastructureNuro · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California (HQ)$194K - $291KSeniorTerraformGCPAzure
- Staff Software Engineer, Data Governance & FoundationsInstacart · 🇺🇸United States - Remote$221K - $280KRemoteLeadPythonSQLScala
Questions about Spark pay
- What is the average Spark salary?
- $234K a year on average and $216K at the median, across 179 open Spark postings at tech companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $204K to $260K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Spark pay?
- Databricks ($216K), Socure ($168K), Samsara ($152K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Spark roles at tech companies is $216K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $204K to $260K. Counted from 179 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/spark/
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